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...hiked cigarette taxes 25 cents a pack. A share of those revenues was earmarked for an antitobacco advertising campaign. The resulting ads won international acclaim and were credited with a 17% decline in the number of smokers in the state. But in January Governor Pete Wilson suspended the $16 million-dollar advertising campaign, citing a need for funds for other health projects. Last week a California state judge ordered Wilson to restore the campaign, saying that Proposition 99 "was not discretionary." Said Superior Court Judge James Ford: "Why don't they take the money out of something that hasn...
...refuse to deny the American dream. Doesn't everyone envision that moment of joy when you open up your front door to find a camera crew and Ed holding an over-sized photocopy of a check? To join Bob Castlebury and the circle of million-dollar winners--isn't that secretly what we are all waiting...
...money (Iacocca even admitted his pay was "too high"), their Japanese counterparts got more in compensation than met the eye. Claims Iacocca: "Don't feel sorry for the Japanese ((executives)). They make a lot of money. They have a lot of perks. They get bought $3 million houses. They have million-dollar golf-club memberships." His clear implication: when everything is tallied up -- salaries, bonuses and perks -- Japanese and American executives are neck and neck...
...instead of saying anything clever about Matt Groening's brilliance, I'd like to look at the Simpsons' relationship to the Fox network. What makes the Simpsons so funny, at the most basic level, is that they are losers. Given an opportunity to screw-up--lose a million-dollar law suit, lose a bet, louse up on the job, fail at school--the Simpsons, at least Bart and Homer, will almost invariably come through. No matter how stupid our children are at school, they will never match Bart. No matter how badly we do our jobs, Homer does his worse...
According to company spokesperson Jonna Manes, all of the hype has has had little effect on the Patriots' sales. In fact, orders for the million-dollar anti-missile devices have shown no jump since the end of the Gulf...